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Open the Start Menu and right click on any empty area. The Taskbar and Start Menu Properties window comes up. Click Customize. Scroll about half-way down the Customize Start Menu window. Under the Downloads category select Display as a Link. Click OK to save and exit the Customize and Properties windows. All done! The Downloads […]

Using hotkeys in Skype lets you use it more easily from your keyboard. Here’s a quick tip on how to enable them. Launch Skype. From the Menu Bar select Tools >> Options. In the options window. click Advanced Settings. Then click Hotkeys. Now set up Hotkeys to execute the following functions. Answer a call Answer […]

Google Talk is arguably the one of the best messenger clients for communicating with your contacts. The only thing is, it doesn’t have a whole lot of features. Though, if both you and your recipient are using Google Talk, you can use “markup” to add some mild formatting to your text. There are also some […]

Last week we learned how to create a discreet total-computer-history erase button using CCleaner. The only problem was, when Windows launched the shortcut it caused the UAC (User Account Control) security window to pop-up. Fortunately, Microsoft inadvertently included a way to bypass the UAC prompts if the shortcut is ran as an administrator Task. Let’s […]

Looking for some ways to make Chrome more efficient? Did you know that Chrome allows you to setup keyword URLS, which really turns out to be a shortcut for visiting websites? Unfortunately keywords can’t be directly applied to bookmarks, but we can use an easy work-around with the Search Engine database to gather the same […]

I’ve been using Chrome for a few months now, but I’ve never actually seen the Favorites bar, until today. While testing a new java bookmarklet I realized that I needed a favorites bar to properly use it. Firefox automatically has the favorites bar visible, but in Chrome it is hidden by default. Step 1 […]

Bit.ly has been dominating the short-link business for a while now thanks to Twitter and friends. In the mean time other contenders have appeared such as is.gd and su.pr. Now Google has officially jumped on the band wagon. Google’s URL shortener has been around for a while now, but previously it was only available using […]

Windows isn’t without undeniable annoyances, but because of its great usability we just shrug them off. Well no more! One of the big ones is that Windows adds “Shortcut” to the end of every shortcut that you make. This isn’t a huge deal, but why live with it when you don’t have to? Let’s get […]

When browsing our site and many others, you’ve likely noticed the “retweet” and other Twitter related sharing badges. Up until now, if you wanted to quickly share a link on twitter you were required to use a 3rd party service who normally provided those share buttons/options to blogs. Well yesterday this all changed when Twitter […]

The command prompt, regedit, and other core Windows components are in use more often than you might think by Power Users. A lot of the time these programs need to be run as an administrator as well, but even if they don’t, you can still save time and plenty of mouse clicks by using the […]

Do you love Windows 7 but miss the old Start Menu from Windows XP? If so you’re not alone. In fact, the demand is high enough that several 3rd party developers have created software packages that will modify the start menu and give it that old XP groove. Personally, I love the Windows 7 start […]

Everyone on the internet by now knows that Gmail is a free email service available to anyone. Some people even consider it a religious practice to set up as many Gmail accounts as they can and e-mail themselves pretending they have friends. Some people have asked me, “Why should I use e-mail when I have […]

My last few articles focused on How-To Clear IE7 Browser History. I figured while I’m in a “Security” frame of mind, I would capture the same process for Mozilla Firefox. Like IE7, the process in Firefox is incredibly easy. Personally, since you can also automate the process and have Firefox clear the cached data automatically […]

Well…the home PC in the living room died last week. It was a SAD day in the GROOVY home. After a quick Service, I decided to try something NEW, so I picked up a new MacBook Pro from the local Apple store. After a quick setup, we got it rolling and wow! For a groovy […]